“There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain. ”
“To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.”
“The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.”
“Trouble and pain were what kept a man alive. Or trying to avoid trouble and pain. It was a full time job.”
“the art of life, mostly, the art of avoiding pain”
“The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.”